Friday Fictioneers – 24th April 2015
Photoprompt – Copyright Douglas MacIlroy
Winter Wonderland – 100 Words
Chris Blake raised his shock rifle and took aim. Forty years in cryo-sleep travelling across the galaxy all for a new life on an enormous snowball inhabited by carnivorous, giant Yetis!
He’d heard of the enduring nightmares some suffered while in stasis, but he had problems enough in the real world – ten Yetis and only six more shots…
Tina took a long last look at her sleeping husband. “Will he ever wake?”
Doctor Peters shook his head sadly, “We all knew the risks. It’s time to go, the shuttle is waiting.”
“Sweet dreams honey.” she whispered, as she left him behind.
jwdwrites 
Poor chap, locked in his own nightmare. It doesn’t sound like there’s any hope for him. Very imaginative!
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Thanks Ali, had trouble cutting this one and I wasn’t sure if it would still make sense so I am glad you understood 🙂
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Dreaming your own demise is a novel idea.
Good piece.
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Thanks Mick 🙂
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Yeti food!
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Very probably 🙂
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Well done, you did a great job with this. Really liked this take on the prompt, left me wanting to know more.
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Thank you Dee 🙂
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There this was trundling along then it took a spooky turn!
Well done!
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Thank you MJL 🙂
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Nice twist at the end .
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Thank you ansumani 🙂
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Not the Yetis! What a way to go…Hope he doesn’t awake to find himself abandoned!
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I got the creeps thinking about him waking up 1000 years later…
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Dear JWD,
A well done sci-fi with a twist.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I enjoyed reading that. Carnivorous Yetis on a giant snowball. Poor Chris – locked in stasis with his nightmares for ever. A nicely different take on the prompt. Well done!
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Fascinating chestnut of a story. I read it three or more times and still feel as if there’s more in it. I’m assuming the husband is dreaming his death following a (relatively) successful, actual landing. But, then again, could it be the wife who is dreaming all of this? Might this really be her nightmare? Fascinating.
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Hi thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. Yes he is the one dreaming 🙂
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